Mos Def, George Clinton and Devendra Banhart are to headline a new stage at this year’s Glastonbury.
The West Holts Stage stage will be held at the same location as the Jazz World Stage, which it is replacing, with organiser Michael Eavis telling Glastonburyfestivals.co.uk that the new stage name has a lot to do with the farming history of the site.
“We’re going back to the real roots of Worthy Farm and its history with the name change for the stage,” Eavis said. “West Holts was a ‘halt’ originally; one of the two places where we had to open the level crossing gates across the old railway line to get the cattle through for milking. It was a fair walk up to the farm, just as it is now, and those cows took some driving!”
Meanwhile, a limited number of resale tickets for Glastonbury will go on sale on April 11, offering fans one final opportunity to buy tickets for this year’s bash, which takes place on June 23-27.
The full line up for the West Holts stage is:
June 25
Mos Def (with full live band)
Femi Kuti
TBC
Breakestra with Charli 2na
Mariachi El Bronx
Tune-Yards
Matthew Herbert Big Band
June 26
George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic
Jerry Dammers Spacial AKA Orchestra
Os Mutantes
Devendra Banhart
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
Phenomenal Handclap Band
Brother Ali
Troy Ellis & the Longshots
June 27
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Toots & the Maytals
Quantic & His Combo Barbaro
Staff Benda Bilili
Dr John
Tunng
The Bees
Dizraeli (chosen from the Emerging Talent Competition finalists)
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